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EOS Bodies / Re: Photokina 2010 Report

« on: September 21, 2010, 09:26:51 AM »

The 60d was always going to be tough to position as the 7d was awesome for very little cost (from a professional perspective, I think I paid 1200 usd after bing cashback and canon rebate) so after giving it a great sensor and the screen they had to criple it somehow. I think if canon are to continue down the road of only having a few sensor designs I would expect them to continue moving product lines about. Lines are somewhat blurred, the 7D wasnt a full step up from the 50D, more a half step, so the xxd range had to take a small hit to make enough distance between it and the 7d for both to sell. I think they made their lives difficult by making the t2i so good (for the money).
The 5d2 af was half heartedly upgraded from the 5d, but its far from bad. Many pros (myself included) have no issues with it assuming you accept it only has one great af point. That sensor for that $ is awesome, they had to put a semi crippled af in otherwise who would buy the 1ds3? If you want better af the answer is easy, canon already made that camera, the 1ds3. Otherwise moving to Nikon is a valid move assuming you dont have a lot of $ in glass.

Re no (exciting) announcements , very true, I was looking for new glass and new bodies and besides the already announced 60d there wasn't any.

The fuji had me up until I saw fixed lens. No doubt this is an ideal camera for some people but I would pay an extra $250 for it to have a lens mount and them release a eqivilent 24mm 1.8. 35 1.8, 50 1.4, 85 1.4 and 135 2.0.
5 lenses and that body could make them some money! Failing that they could make one prime and something like a 24-85 1.8 or 2.0 zoom (oly make 2.0 zooms so not impossible) , then the only thing left is ensuring the af is decent and its a great camera

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EOS Bodies / Re: Photokina 2010 Report

« on: September 21, 2010, 08:23:11 AM »

I cant see a 5d3 coming out before a 1ds4 unless it keeps the same sensor or doesnt have the same sensor as the 1ds4 (unlikely as canon seem to be moving towards minimising the # of sensor designs).

As for moving to Nikon and a d700, its a great camera but often it works out that switching to a 1d4 is abt the same as an upgrade as replacing the canon glass (depending on how much glass you have).  Given the costs involved renting or borrowing one to play with would be good

I am a little shocked that theres been no big announcements so far.

Would love to see a file from the s30, 840mm on a tiny sensor must be nutso quality

Any chance CR guy can get some shots with the 70-300L @300mm?

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EOS Bodies / Re: Photokina 2010 Report

« on: September 21, 2010, 07:49:32 AM »

Theres normally big leaks in the 24 hrs before launch so I'm guessing we wont be seeing anything big from canon soon
I dont buy the whole canon doesnt need the 1ds4 as nikon is pants argument because the d3x is a solid camera, I can understand them stretching a cycle to include a new feature or for financial reasons, but by now they have to be starting to think about the 1ds5, the 1ds4 should be pretty much ready to roll.

As for siggy glass and the foveon sensor, very fair point, fuji uses the nikon mount right? sensible choice, although I can see it would be embarassing for a major glass maker like sigma to use a nikon mount. Sigma glass can be pretty good, the problem is the fact it can also be poor and some of the build quality is abysmal. At least sigma cranking out better sensors pushes canikon to do the same!

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EOS Bodies / Re: Photokina 2010 Report

« on: September 21, 2010, 07:17:18 AM »

cf type one would only exclude microdrives right? Theyre not really mainstream like they used to be.

As for more mp the better, 15mp is plenty, I'd take awesome color at 15mp over mediocre at 45mp. I never got (beyond the obvious marketing) why siggy made so much out of having all three photosites on top of each other but then quoted the resolution for photosites not pixels. Yes it makes a bit more sense then bayer 'guess the other 2 color technique) but personally I'd love to see them go to bat with this as a 15mp 'full colour' awesome camera. Remember fuji and their two sized pixel malarky, great idea but it was always better at half res then full voodoo res.

So CR guy any word from canon abt lens announcements, 20-60 2.0 IS please

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EOS Bodies / Re: Photokina 2010 Report

« on: September 21, 2010, 06:21:07 AM »

If sigma have managed to make a true 15mp foveon sensor without stupid noise levels that would be truly awesome.

I wonder if canon would ever go down that route? not for the 1d but maybe the 1ds? Theres no doubting there is merit in the idea, its just the execution.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Photokina 2010 Report

« on: September 21, 2010, 05:56:20 AM »

Would love to know what the 70-300L means for the future of the 100-400L! A raw file from the 120mp would be sweet but I know it wont happen. It would be so nice if canon could give us some idea of their lens roadmap as we would be able to buy with less worry and more accuracy but again it aint happening

Thanks for keeping us updated and enjoy the show!

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Site Information / Re: The Return of the Forum

« on: July 20, 2010, 03:57:52 PM »

If you need a hand moderating I would be happy to volunteer some time.